一道高考英语阅读题
ThesceneintheHollywoodmovieTheDayAfterTomorrow,whenglobalwarmingcouldsoonturntheglobalclimate(气候)intoanewiceage,mayneveroccur,accordingtonewresearch.
Thenexticeagecouldbe15,000yearsaway,sayEuropeanscientistswholastmonthannouncedacontinuousrecordof7.40,000yearsofclimatedata(数据)obtainedfromtheAntarcticice.
Scientistsfrom10nationshavenowalmostcompletelydrilledthrougha3,000-meter.depthoficehighintheAntarcticmainland.Theyfigureoutthattheareawheresummertemperaturescanfallto-40℃,hasatleast900,000yearsofsnowfalls,keptasneatlyasthegrowthringsofatree.Andtheiceandaircaughtineachlayer(℃层)havebeguntoanswerquestionsabouttheclimatesinthepast.
Theresultsshowthattherehavebeeneighticeagesinthepast740,000yearsandeightwarmerperiods.Andbycomparingthepatternofglobalconditionstodaywiththoseofthepast,theresearchersreportedinNaturethatthepresentwarmperiodcouldlastanother15,000years.
Researchsuggeststhatthereisaverycloseconnectionbetweengreenhousegaslevelsandglobalaveragetemperatures.Italsoshowsthatcarbondioxide(二氧化碳)levelsarethehighestforatleast440,000years.
“Ifpeoplesaytoyou:thegreenhouseeffectisagoodthingbecausewewouldgointoaniceageoth.0pt189.0erwise,ourdatasayno,anewiceageisnothangingoverourheads,”saidEricWolfffromtheBritishAntarcticSurvey.“Nowwehaveeightexamplesofhowtheclimategoesinandoutoficeages…andyoucanlearnwhattherulesarethatgointotheclimatemodelsthattellusaboutthefuture.”
Scientistsfoundthatwhenevertemperaturesroseinthefrozenrecord,sodidcarbondioxidelevel.“In440,000yearswehaveneverseengreenhousegasgetasthickasitistoday,”saidDrWolff.
51题选什么,为什么选这个,我当时选了A,我觉得A最适合
51.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.ResearchovertheAntarcticarea.
B.Warmperiodtolastabout15,000years.
C.Reportontheeighticeagesinthepast.
D.Hollywoodmoviesandtheglobalclimate.